Teekyu

Teekyu
Cover of the first manga volume featuring (from left to right) Nasuno Takamiya, Yuri Oshimoto, Kanae Shinjo and Marimo Bando
てーきゅう (Tēkyū)
Genre	Comedy, slice of life, sports
Manga
Written by	Roots
Illustrated by	Piyo
Published by	Earth Star Entertainment
Magazine	Comic Earth Star
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	February 10, 2012 – January 25, 2018
Volumes	15 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Shin Itagaki
Produced by	Yutaka Goto Eisuke Imanishi Sei Moriwaki Atsushi Iwanami
Written by	Shin Itagaki
Studio	MAPPA (seasons 1–3), Millepensee (seasons 4–9)[1]
Original network	Tokyo MX, AT-X, Niconico
Original run	October 7, 2012 – September 27, 2017
Episodes	108 + 6 OVAs (List of episodes)
Manga
Takamiya Nasuno Desu!
Written by	Roots
Illustrated by	Piyo
Published by	Earth Star Entertainment
Magazine	Comic Earth Star
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	April 12, 2014 – October 8, 2015
Volumes	2 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Takamiya Nasuno Desu!
Directed by	Shin Itagaki
Produced by	Yutaka Goto Eisuke Imanishi Sei Moriwaki Atsushi Iwanami
Written by	Shin Itagaki
Studio	Millepensee[1]
Original network	Tokyo MX
Original run	April 6, 2015 – June 22, 2015
Episodes	12 + 1 OVA (List of episodes)
Manga
Usakame
Written by	Roots
Illustrated by	Jūzō Kirisawa
Published by	Earth Star Entertainment
Magazine	Comic Earth Star
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	September 17, 2015 – present
Volumes	3 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Usakame
Directed by	Shin Itagaki
Studio	Millepensee
Original network	Tokyo MX
Original run	April 11, 2016 – June 27, 2016
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)

Teekyu (Japanese: てーきゅう, Hepburn: Tēkyū) is a sports comedy manga series written by Roots and illustrated by Piyo. It was serialized in Earth Star Entertainment's Comic Earth Star from February 2012 to January 2018. The name of the series is a pun on the Japanese word for tennis, teikyū (庭球).^[2] The manga has been adapted into an anime television series, which ran from 2012 to 2017.

Teekyu also had a spinoff comedy manga series, also serialized in Comic Earth Star, named Takamiya Nasuno Desu! (高宮なすのです！), translated as "I am Takamiya Nasuno!" (full name Takamiya Nasuno Desu! ~Teekyu Spinoff~ (高宮なすのです！〜てーきゅうスピンオフ〜)), featuring one of the main characters of Teekyu in her own adventures. It has had two tankōbon releases, and also received a 12-episode anime adaptation in 2015.

Another spin-off manga series named Usakame (うさかめ) which features the Tennis Club's opponents was released in 2015.^[3] It has had three tankōbon releases so far, and also received a 12-episode anime adaptation in 2016.